The Obvious Story

Disclaimer: No, I do not own any of the Harry Potter characters.

Chapter 3: Hedgehogs and antlers.

((munches on an apple))

Ow!

((looks up))

Really, that nasty creature becomes more obnoxious everyday.

((rubs head))

Ah. Sorry 'bout that.

Still trying to get used to the castle.

Heh heh… heh…

You know, narrating is a very hard job.

You need to narrate the story,

and watch out for the characters themselves

for I am visible in the naked eye and…

MERLINS BEARD!!!

((gets out of the way as a lad and an outrageous girl storm down the corridor))

"James! Don't look baaaacckk!"

"JAMES POTTER! GET YOUR OVERLY INFLATED ARSE BACK HERE NOW!" a seventeen-year-old Lily Evans stopped her sprinting in the middle of the corridor and held on to the wall for support as she gasped for breath. "Get-get- get ba- back here."

Students looked bewildered as they watched the Head girl looking outrageous and murderous with her fiery red hair standing up straight into the air as if she had been electrocuted.

"Pst, I've seen that happen before. My mum bought this muggle hair dryer from the market and the next day it blew up on her!" whispered a passing third year student. He whimpered as Lily overheard the conversation and sent a death glare.

James kept running and running and running and running and BAM!

He winced as he fell on to the ground and could feel the sharp pain forming in the middle of his forehead.

"Geez, how thick can your head get?" Sirius said as he observed the newly formed bump on the suit of armor.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk. Not being a very good example now Mr. head boy?"

"Oh bugger off Padfoot. This is all your fault." Getting on his feet, James cringed as he massaged his forehead.

"Is she gone? Did I lose her?" he quickly turned around alarmingly and sighed in relief at the empty corridor.

"How bloody hell is it my fault? I wasn't the one who decided to turn the head girl into a… a…."

"A walking hedgehog?" Remus approached them calmly with his arms folded and Peter hot on his trails.

"A walking RED hedgehog. I wonder if it can breath out fire? HAH! Prongs! You've started to grow antlers! HAR HAR!"

James gasped as he checked his reflection from the suit of armor and winced. He had a large noticeable red bump towering on his forehead.

"HAR HAR. Looks like you have a zit in size of a snitch!"

"Um. Guys? Do you think it'd be alright if I slept at your dormitory from now on? I mean, not like I'm scared of hedgehogs or anything."

"Well, if you didn't know, hedgehogs are really scary. Those little buggers, they are just full of those spiky things all over their body and if one of them pokes you, you just COMPLETELY fall apart!" Sirius explained dramatically and Peter whimpered in awe and fright.

"Sirius is just exaggerating, Peter. You won't fall apart," said Remus with an eye roll. "It just hurts." At this, Peter back away toward the wall in fear.

"Actually, this certain hedgehog might rip me apart from limb to limb," Sirius added.

"THAT's why I must stay with you guys for the remainder of the school year!" James said enthusiastically. "Moony! You can share your bed with me since you know, you're my best mate"

"HEY! I thought I was your best mate!"

Truthfully, James just knew that he wouldn't be able to sleep in Sirius' bed for obvious reasons and he really preferred not to adopt Peter's murky smell during his sleep. That left to Remus' fresh and clean bed sheets.

"Uh, James? You can't just walk in and sleep in our dormitory. You even have your OWN dorm for heavens," said Remus.

"But Moooooony!" James followed Remus walking away, apparently heading toward the Gryffindor tower.

"ARGH!"

Lily Evans stormed toward the common room, clearly scaring few first and second years on the way. Once she reached the portrait, the ends of her hair could even reach the nostrils of the fat lady.

"Gilly pop."

The fat lady didn't even hesitate or bother to throw her smart little comments. Lily already looked like she could punch a hole in the portrait.

"Merlin's bea-" Caroline winced as the furious red head fiercely walked in and sat on the couch. Her intensity could easily match the blazing fire at the fireplace.

"Let me guess," Caroline rolled her eyes, "its James Potter."

"Do not speak of his name," Lily said through her gritted teeth and paused. "He'll pay this time."

Caroline cocked her eyebrows at Lily's large afro impressively. "Before you go do anything drastic, you'll need some hair gel."

"What?"

"Hair gel. You really weren't thinking of walking around the school like that, were you? Trust me. This new product I got when we last went to Hogsmead does wonders. You should really get one for yourself."

For some reason Lily doubted it'd be any better than Caroline's other cosmetic goods. She already had too much experience with Caroline and her odd sense of style.

But in fact Lily wasn't planning to walk around the school sporting a vast ball of standing hair. Nor had she even planned to get one in the first place.

"Yeh, yeh. Stop contemplating and up you go." Caroline pulled Lily up from the couch and started to push her up the stairs to the girls' dormitory.

"Is this really necessary?" Lily asked as she closed the door behind her.

"Or would you rather miss all your afternoon classes, Ms. Head girl?" Caroline mocked.

"Lets see this hair gel of yours, shall we?" Lily quickly plastered on a brilliant fake smile.

Caroline happily opened her drawer of her bedside table and pulled out a purple round container. "Alright, here we go!" She dipped her fingers into the gel and scooped out a handful.

Lily gulped as Caroline approached.

I'm going to kill Potter.

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I apologize about the late update. The house is a bit chaotic at the moment for we're about to move so won't have much time to write. But I promise to update as soon as I can.